Who are your top 4 R & B Albums of All Time????????????????????????????????????

[Bullet]

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What 4 R & B Albums by a solo artist would you consider to be your greatest of all time? I'm going to do a 16 album bracket of compiled opinions and see how this goes. Only condition is can you put the album one and listen to first track to the last without skipping to your favorite. My 16 are below, who stays on, who comes off and who would you add. Drop your 4 and let's debate. It's just for fun, ya'll don't come in here with your feelings.

Legends
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

Neo Soul
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott?

Queens
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Sade – Love Deluxe
Mary J. Blige – What's the 411?
Anita Baker - Rapture

Kings
Usher - 8701
R. Kelly - 12 Play
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love

 

[Blkops]

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What 4 R & B Albums by a solo artist would you consider to be your greatest of all time? I'm going to do a 16 album bracket of compiled opinions and see how this goes. Only condition is can you put the album one and listen to first track to the last without skipping to your favorite. My 16 are below, who stays on, who comes off and who would you add. Drop your 4 and let's debate. It's just for fun, ya'll don't come in here with your feelings.

Legends
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

Neo Soul
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott?

Queens
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Sade – Love Deluxe
Mary J. Blige – What's the 411?
Anita Baker - Rapture

Kings
Usher - 8701
R. Kelly - 12 Play
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love

MJ - Thiller
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill 1990
Chante Moore - A Love Supreme
Keith Sweat - Make it last forever

 

[Heavenlywings77]

No Mariah Carey?

 

[OUT THARE]

 

[yureeka9]

 

[keith6]

No Cameo..Prince or Rick James!!

 

[yureeka9]

Hmmm...I guess I gotta rethink it since the instructions said "solo" artist.

 

[yureeka9]

 

[KoolJay]

It's IMPOSSIBLE to go with just four.

 

[DixonBawls]

KEITH WASHINGTON ALBUMS
MAXWELL ALBUMS
MARY J BLIGE MYLIFE

 

[Bullet]

No Mariah Carey?

Yeah, I went back and forth with Butterfly but I just feel Rapture is such a pure R & B Album, I had to include Anita. I believe having Whitney kinda mirrors each other so I wanted an under dog in there.

 

[Bullet]

No Cameo..Prince or Rick James!!

Cameo falls in a group category. Prince does have one of the best Albums of all time but only several of those tracks would classify as R & B. Prince is leans more Rock and Rick more Funk.

 

[knightmelodic]

Songs In The Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Thriller - Michael Jackson


easy-peasy lemon squeezy

 

[PsiBorg]

1) What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
2) Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
3) Baduism - Erykah Badu
4) The Night I Fell In Love - Luther Vandross

I could listen to these albums everyday.

 

[cashwhisperer]

Legends - Stevie Wonder
Neo-Soul - Voodoo
Queens - Whitney Houston
Kings - Michael Jackson
Groups - EWF

 

[fourthstbully]

for now...

• whats going on
• songs in the key of life
• my life

 

[yaBoi]

I'm a 70's baby so it is going to be impossible for me to do this

way too many

 

[peterlongshort]

Man ya'll got some good shit, let me research. Don't forget the young folks. SZA and Moonchild are dope too.

 

[SmoothD]

Keith Sweat's "Make It Last Forever" is the first album I think of when list like this come out

 

[Coldchi]

way too many good R&B albums out there........

that Boyz II Men - II,
R. Kelly (self titled)
Anita Baker - My Everything
H-Town - Beggin After Dark
LSG
Musiq Soulchild - Aijuswanaseing
New Edition - N.E. Heartbreak
SWV - Its About Time
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suit
Usher - Confessions
Toni Braxton (self titled)
Marvin Gaye - Whats Goin On
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Whitney Houston (self titled)

its just way too many fuckin good albums out there....

 

[PsiBorg]

Man ya'll got some good shit, let me research. Don't forget the young folks. SZA and Moonchild are dope too.

"Moonchild" is nice... it's a group though.

I was thinking "Average White Band"... but, it's a group as well.

 

[c_commander]

Top of mind
Michael Jackson-Off The Wall
Anita Baker-Rapture
Blackstreet-Another Level
Usher-Confessions

 

[peterlongshort]

Top of mind
Michael Jackson-Off The Wall
Anita Baker-Rapture
Blackstreet-Another Level
Usher-Confessions

Blackstreet was crazy. They was remakin old songs that sounded better.

 

[WattDogs]

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Legends
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - replace with Al Green's I'm Still In Love With You

Neo Soul
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? - replace with Donell Jones' Where I Wanna Be

Queens
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Sade – Love Deluxe
Mary J. Blige – What's the 411? - replace with Mary's Share My World
Anita Baker - Rapture

Kings
Usher - 8701
R. Kelly - 12 Play
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel - replace with Keith Sweat's Make It Last Forever
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love

I really don't think Lauryn should be in there, but I'll be damned if I can find a female artist that can replace her with the criteria that's been stated. So, she stays.

Also, we might need some wildcards: Cause there's a few cats that deserve to be up here. Shout out to Tevin Campbell's I'm Ready & Boyz II Men II, just off the top of my head.

 

[Bullet]

Not final but how it would look. Is there anyone who you remove and replace knowing what album they would be going against now.

CLICK HERE and go the the thread to vote who goes and who stays based on your feedback​

 

[Bullet]

I really don't think Lauryn should be in there, but I'll be damned if I can find a female artist that can replace her with the criteria that's been stated. So, she stays.

Also, we might need some wildcards: Cause there's a few cats that deserve to be up here. Shout out to Tevin Campbell's I'm Ready & Boyz II Men II, just off the top of my head.

Lauryn is a must.

 

[jackson35]

1) What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
2) Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
3) Baduism - Erykah Badu
4) The Night I Fell In Love - Luther Vandross

I could listen to these albums everyday.

i rock with this list

 

[34real]

1.Stevie Wonder
2.Lauren Hill
3.Donny Hathaway
4.........I can't decide cause I like so many for so many different reasons and depending on my mood.

 

[tallblacknyc]

Instant panty dropper

 

[KoolJay]

Instant panty dropper

INSTANT!!!!!!

 

[KoolJay]

Instant panty dropper

Another Classic

 

[alexw]

Whats being asked is impossible but this is one of the greatest albums ive ever heard. just press play and grab your lady

 

[Texas Catdaddy]

Instant panty dropper

them background vocals tho .....

 

[c_commander]

Whats being asked is impossible but this is one of the greatest albums ive ever heard. just press play and grab your lady

I'm mad at myself for forgetting this one

 

[Last Dayz]

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Alexander O'Neal - Alexander O'Neal
Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever
Maze - Silky Soul